Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Cleantech Conference and Trade Show

Nano Science & Technology Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.

• Program Committee, Energy and Fuels, Extracting unbumt coal from black coal fly ash, Bacterial desulphurization of brown coals, Amorphous Diamond Solar C ells, Integrated Multistage Supercritical Technology to Produce High Quality Vegetable Oil and Biofuels, 8nm cerium oxide as a fuel additive for fuel consumption and emissions reduction, Effect of Surface Hydration and Interfusion of Suspended Silica Nanoparticles on Heat Transfer, Energy Applications of Nanotechnology, Evaluation of Nanostructured Polymeric Coatings for Corrosion Protection, Preparation and Characterization of Nafion/Microporous Titanosilicate Composite Membranes as Ion- Conducting Materials, Amorphous Diamond as a Thermionic Material, Ultra-short pulsed laser for nano-texturation associated to plasma immersion implantation for 3D shallow doping : Application to silicon photovoltaic, Dye-sensitized solar cell using a TiO2 nanocrystalline film electrode prepared by solution combustion synthesis, Synthesis and characterization of a highly cross linked PEGME and PEG for solid electrolyte and its application in dye-sensitized solar cells, Nano-Hetero Structure for direct energy conversion, Nanotechnology - Disruptive Technologies for Electric Utility Systems. Challenges and Opportunities, Catching Mr. Big with the Small - To Infinitesimal and Beyond', TiN/GaN- Metal/Semiconductor Multilayers for Thermionic Energy Conversion Devices, Pt and Pt-Ru/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites Synthesized in Supercritical Fluid as Electrocatalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells, Nanoporous Silicon Membrane Based Micro Fuel Cells for Portable Power Sources Applications, Novel Electrolyte Membrane for Fuel Cell Utilizing Nano Composite, Heat Transfer Cost-Effectiveness of Nanofluids, Emissions, and Environmental, Influence of His-195 on the nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor activity, Development of Functionally Graded SiC-Based, Study on non-Freon air cooling system using water refrigerant, Conjugates of Enzyme-Magnetic Nanoparticles for Bioremediation*, Recovery of Caustic Soda in Textile Mercerization by Combined Membrane Filtration, Study of model contaminants desorption from recycled PET in dry air and nitrogen atmosphere by thermogravimetric analysis, Development of a Mobile Asbestos Decontamination Process, Serpentine Fluidic Structures for Particle Separation, Sorption of Ethylbenzene, Toluene and Xylene onto Crumb Rubber from Aqueous Solutions, Growth and Some Enzymatic Responses of E. coli to Photocatalytic T iO2, Novel FD SOI Devices Structure for Low Standby Power Applications, Solar-Blind Dual-Band UV/IR Photodetectors Integrated on a Single Chip, Enviroment, Health and Society, Characterization on Dioxin Emission of TiO2 Nanoparticle-Encapsulating Poly(vinyl chloride) (TEPVC) compared to conventional PV C, Theoretical Study of the Reaction between OH Radicals and Formaldehyde adsorbed on Small Silica Clusters, An investigation of natural nanoparticles for cleaning applications, Aided Transport of Nano-Iron in Clay Soils Using Direct Electric Field, Nano-Catalysts and Colloidal Suspensions of Carbo-Iron for Environmental Application, An integrated NMR/nanosensor system for sensitive detection of environmental toxins and harmful microbes, Nanotechnology and the Global Poor: United States Policy and International Collaborations, Nanotechnology and the Water Market: Applications and Health Effects, Novel Technologies, Nano-structures materials for Energy Direct Conversion and Fuel Breeding, Building Green with Nanotechnology, Heat is the Enemy of Energy Efficiency, Self-Assembled Soft Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources, Industry and Policy, Designing Today’s CleanTech Research Facility: Sustainable, Highly Technical Architectural and Engineering Design Applied to the New York State Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research Laboratory (AFVRL), Good Policy Makes Good Business, Clean Tech: New Paradigms and Communications Challenges, Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization in Ohio, Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells, Bulk Heterojunction Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaic Cell Based on Doped Silicon Nanowires, Molecular Building Blocks for Efficient Solid State Lighting, Dynamics of Water in Nafion Fuel Cell Membranes: the Effects of, Determination of Pore Size Distribution of Nafion/Sulfated beta-Cyclodextrin, Hydroxyapatite-imidazole-polymer composite films as a proton conductor under no humidified condition, Block Copolymer Directed Nanocomposites for Fuel Cell Applications, Microbial fuel cell, Synthesis of visible light active nanocrystalline bismuth oxide based photocatalysts, Nanoparticle Processes & Applications, Nanoparticles Formed by Complexation of Poly-gamma-glutamic Acid with Lead Ions, Nano hetero nuclear fuel structure, Development of a novel material for reversible hydrogen storage, Active Coatings Technologies for Customized Military Coating Systems, Design and Manufacturing Concepts of Nanoparticle-reinforced Aerospace Materials, Titanium Dioxide Nanostructured Coatings: Application in Photocatalysis and Sensors, CNT Composites for Aerospace Applications, Advancements in the Supercritical Water Hydrothermal Synthesis (scWHS) of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Monometallic nano-catalysts for the reduction of perchlorate in water, Functionalized Nanoporous Ceramic Sorbents for Removal of Mercury and Other Contaminants, Thermostability of TiO2 nanoparticle and its Photocatalytic Reactivity at Different Anatase/Rutile Ratio, Destruction of Organophosphate Agents by Recyclable Catalytic Magnetic Nanoparticles, Enhancement of Oxygen Transfer in Fermentation by Use of Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles, Nanostructured perovskite-based oxidation catalysts for improved environmental emission control, Nano-Engineering Of Magnetic Particles For Biocatalysis And Bioseparation, Gas Sensor Arrays by Supersonic Cluster Beam Deposition, Preparation and Characterization of Various Nanofluids, High performance iPP based nanocomposite for food packaging application, Enlarge the distance of water molecules to incise microorganism cell-the development and application of nano-grade microorganism cell crushing machine, Systematic Approach on Modeling and Identification for Nanobattery Prototyping, Sensors, Biosensor for heavy metals using hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorod/nanotube and metal-binding peptides, Multiplexed immunoassays by flow cytometry for detection of Clenbuterol, Chloramphenicol and sulfadimidine with high sensitivity and selectivity, Chemical Nano-Sensor Development and Characterization, Composite Carbon Nanostructures as Promising Carriers for Gaz Analysis, Molecular Simulation Studies on Adsorption of Mercuric Chloride, Layer by Layer Fabrication of an Amperometric Nanocomposite Biosensor for Sulfite, Electrochemical ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ for Toxicity Detection in Water, Investigating the Benefit-Cost of MEMS Application for Structural Health Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure, Wireless Micro and Nano Sensors for Physiological and Environmental Monitoring, Electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for gas sensing applications, Index of Authors, Index of Keywords